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Worst of the Backyard Baseball series

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 10
Date: June 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just purchased this product today for my seven-year-old son, and I must say that this is the biggest piece of junk I have ever wasted $19.99 on. We own the two previous versions of Backyard Baseball, as well as Backyard Football 2002 and though they were simply wonderful products. We were very excited to get the latest version of Backyard Baseball, until we got it home and tried to run it. I has failed to run on three computers, a Sony PIII 600 running WIN98, and a Gateway P4 1.9ghz and a clone AMD Athlon 1100 both running XP. On the Sony and AMD the game simply quits at random spots, or when the space bar is pressed. The Gateway bluescreens during the introduction. Since this is the first version with the Atari label on it, I can only assume Atari 'tweaked it', ruining the gaming pleasure for thousands of children.

Don't waste your money. Buy the older version. It works great!

What are these other reviewers talking about? It ROCKS!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: June 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just got this game over the weekend and I can't believe how much fun it is. I like it a lot more than Baseball 2003 because now it is all 3D. If those other people are having problems they should try buying a new computer.

Season Play is great too because now I can unlock some more pros. I just got Piazza over yesterday. I also unlocked a robot called Clanky after playing one of the practice games. He is an awesome pitcher!

Back to playing.

Sorry I bought it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: June 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

After much anticipation (original release date was 5/11/04), I bought this for my 7 year old. He loves Backyard Basketball and Football, and wanted to buy Baseball 2003, but I persuaded him to wait for the "new and improved" 2005 version.

Well, we installed it and have had nothing but problems. I've called Atari 3 or 4 times, and they claim it's the video card/graphics driver. I downloaded Intel's newest (from 2002), but like several of the other reviewers, it cuts out at certain spots and when you hit the space bar. We have yet to play one game, after setting up fields and teams and listening to the announcers. I followed all the Atari troubleshooting tips (closing all background applications running, etc.), NOTHING WORKS! My son is disappointed, I am frustrated. I thought about spending the money to improve the computer/replace video card, but what if that doesn't work too? All the driver tests work for 3D and Direct X 9.0, I'm convinced it's NOT a driver problem but a software problem. I want my money back!

Backyard Sports is now 3-D!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 14 / 16
Date: July 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My eight-year-old daughter and I both really enjoy this new Backyard Sports title from Humongous. I wasn't sure that I would like the change from the 2-D animated style of their previous games, but they kept the wacky cartoony flavor in the 3-D models, and having the camera fly around the fields is pretty cool. The fields aren't ordinary baseball fields--the kids play in an Everglades swamp, in a southwestern desert, and on a midwestern farm complete with a tornado and crop circles. We both really enjoy the humor of this game. I especially like the color commentary by Abner Doubleplay. My daughter enjoys the crazy power-up pitches.

We have an older Nvidia Gforce 3 card and have had no problems. I have heard that some older video cards aren't supported by the latest DirectX from Microsoft. Maybe that is the problem some people are having. I've always found Atari's tech support helpful when I gave them a call, though I haven't had to in a while.

The only reason I'm not giving this five stars is that I wanted to play with my gamepad, and the button mapping is quite awkward. Unlike other games I have that say they support controllers, there doesn't seem to be any way to remap the buttons. So we just use the mouse and keyboard. (My daughter doesn't mind. I'm the one who plays console sports games, so I'm used to a gamepad.)

much improved

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

My nephew loves the new kids songs and the whole family likes the 3-d fields. One of them even has a movie playing on the screen!

Great game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: July 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just picked up Backyard Baseball 2005 for the PC and I must say, it's quite a cool game! All the locations you can play in are quite cool looking and varied, and the pros as kids are hilarious! I love me some Ichiro! I'm about halfway through my first season and I can't stop playing it. Check it out!

Horrible Horrible Horrible!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 4 / 12
Date: July 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have really enjoyed the Backyard Baseball series. But this latest version is awful. It's very different from the older versions. I was looking forward to using the gameplay actions as in the previous versions, but its all different. And HARD! I'm past 50 and a long-time computer user and this is just too hard for me. So you can believe it will be hard for a child, even using the easiest setting. And one thing I dislike is; you cannot SAVE the game you are playing. The "3-D" effect is poor, too. All the personality effects of the familiar players in the previous versions are now bland and robotic in this installment. I am VERY disappointed. I'll be going back to Backyard Baseball 2003!!!!!!!!!!

this is the best!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 7
Date: July 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i got this about a week ago and my brother and i can't get off of the computer. What all of the other people say is really untrue it so much better gameplay then the '03 version. it never gets boring!

P.S. IT IS SUPPOSED TO SKIP THE PARTS IF YOU PRESS THE SPACE BUTTON!!!!

Worth the effort!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: July 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I must say that although we initially had problems getting this game to run properly on my son's computer (an 800 Mhz PIII w/ATI 7500 running Windows ME), once we downloaded the latest drivers (the ones from just two months ago didn't work!), the game ran great! My son is 8 years old and he loves it - he's already up to the "Pro" difficulty level and is just starting to play the Season mode. It's fun watching him put together a team based on the kid's stats - this game is definitely teaching him a lot about Baseball! Highly recommend to anyone with a young baseball fan in the family!

its the best thing ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: August 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

its so good that the graphics look so real and the players. i love how they copy the players like alex rodrieguz ichiro & sammy sosa i love the game its so cool realy you have to BUY IT

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